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Old 07-08-2011, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve in Vermont View Post
I recently picked up a large number of 357 brass casings and would like to reload them with 148 g. wadcutters, both HB and DE. I've researched this and found several recommendations, among them: load the same as for the .38, or up the powder load a tenth of a grain or 2 to make up for the expanded case size. I now load 2.7 grains BE or 3.1 W231.
Steve - I would not be surprised that you'd be able to bump these even one or two tenths above your new estimated levels.
A 38 Spl load for a model 52 I've seen that people even had to bump that up to 2.9g just for satisfactory functioning so IMO - 2.9 in a 357 case should be no big deal at all. I'd say the same for your WW231 loads.
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